The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-14 00:00:00

at five o'clock. NEW PEERS. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved that an address be pre sented praying her Majesty that the late decision ordering the removal of the West Riding Assizes from York to Leeds. instead of Wakefield, be reconsidered. Lord HOUGHTON seconded the motion. The question was purely a provincial one, but the magistracy of York shire were united in favour of Wakefield, and he could not conceive what could have induced her Majesty's Go. vernment to act in opposition to their wishes by selecting Leeds. He trusted that the Government would not object to reconsider their decision. Earl GRANVILLE said the opinions of the magistrates had not been overlooked, but the Privy Council did not think that those opinions ought to be allowed to preponde rate in the matter. As to the selection of Leeds, there had been no other motive except that of public convenience. The Privy Council had carefully considered the claims both of Leeds and Wakefield, and had come to the conclu • sion that Leeds was best adapted for the assize town. As to the motion, he did not think, if it were carried, that it would lead to any practical result, and ho should therefore oppose it. Lord BROUGHAM said he had heard the question discussed 60 years ago, when the general opinion was in favour of not removing the assizes from York at all ; but if any alteration was to be made, the opinion was universally in favour of Leeds. Lo . rd FAVERSHAM stated that when he canvassed the county some years ago this very question was mooted, and he never heard the name of Leeds mentioned at all. He believed that the Government had been influenced in the matter by an hon. gentleman whom he then saw at the bar. [Mr Baines, member for Leeds.] Earl DE GREY and RI PON said the Privy Council had found it impossible to resist the claim of the West Riding of Yorkshire to have a separate assize, although the magis trates of the county were opposed to the refraoval of the assize from York, It yeas considered most convenient that Leeds should be selected as the new assize town, on account of its being the centre of the manufacturing and commercial district of the West Riding, and because it had a population of 270,000, while that of Wakefield was only 23,000. The Earl of DERBY thought the great balance of opinion both on the part of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject of the magistrates who were locally interested in the question of the inhabitants of the West Riding, and of the surveyors who were recently sent down by the Government to make inquiries in the district, was strongly in favour of Wakefield as against Leeds. He ad vised Lord Wharncliffe to withdraw the motion, but said that he should vote in favour of it if it were pressed. LordWHARNCLIFFE declined to withdraw the motion. After some observation from Lord CRANITORTH and the LORD CHANCELLOR, their lordships divided, when the numbers were— For the motion BO Against Majority.... The motion was accordingly agreed to. The public Schools Bill passed through committee. Reports of amendments on the Admiralty Lands and Works Bill, and on the Court of Justiciary (Scotland) Bill, were brought up and agreed to. The Scottish Episcopal Clergy Disabilities Removal Bill passed through committee. The Insane Prisoners' Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.---Last Evening. The SPEAKE R took the chair at 4 o'clock. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Charing. cross Railway, Cheddar Valley and Yatton naitiray (changed from Somerset and Dorset Railway), Londonderry Improvement, Somerset and Dorset Railway (changed ti om 6. Somerset and D orset Railway Extension to Shepton Mal:et"), Stamford and Essendine Railway, 'Weald of Kent Railway, and Worcester Bron a y ar d , and Leomin ster Railway. HERNE BAY, HAMPSHIRE, AND RECULVER FISHERY BILL—THE OYSTER Sl.lppLy. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, a Sir E. DERING moved that the bill be read second tins this day six months, He founded his amendment on the fact that about an area of nine miles, which was directed to the supply of the public with so essential an article of consumption as oysters, was about being absorbed by a private company. Sir B. BRIDGES seconded the amendment, and some discussion followed. The amendment was negatived without a discussion, and the bill was accordingly read a second time. HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC.. Mr WATKIN asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether her Majesty's Government, bearing in mind the existence end extension of the naval stations of the United States near San Francisco and of Russia at Sitka, proposed to establish any means for enabling the docking and repair of her Majesty's ships in the North Pacific; and if so, whether the harbour of Esquimalt had been selected as the site. Mr CHILDERS, in the absence of Lord C. Paget, ex plained that negotiations were going on on the subject, but he could not enter into official details at present. THE PROPOSED NATIONAL GALLERY AT BUR- LINGTON HOUSE. Mr HIBBERT asked the First Commissioner of Works whether, as the vote for the new National Gallery at Bur lington House had been rejected, it was his intention to take any steps to obtain possession of the rooms now occupied by the Royal Academy in Trafalgar-square, so as to render the same available for the exhibition of the national pictures. Mr GREGORY also asked the right hon, gentleman whether it was the intention of the Government to take immediate steps to procure the buildings to the rear of the National Gallery, inasmuch as the present structure is not large enough properly to e x hib it all the national pictures and selections from the national drawings. Mr COWPER repeated the stat ement he had previously made, to the effect that arrangements were made for securing ample accomm, - )dat ion for the great n a ti onal collection of pictures, which wore at present not placed in that position to which, from thhir instrinsie value as a moans of instruc. tin for the public mind, they wore entitled. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack Lord HOWARD and Lord DE FREYNE took the oaths and their seats as Peers of the United Kingdom. COUNTY COURTS. Lord CHELMSFORD presented a number of petitions from the tallymen of Doncaster, Liverpool, Manchester, and other places against the County Courts Bill. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Lord WROTTESLEY moved for papers referring to the standard of weights and measures. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. In reply to the Earl of STANHOPE, Earl GRANVILLE said he was not aware of any cor respondence between the Board of Works and the Royal Academy, but if there were no doubt it would be produced. PRIVATE BUSINESS. • The following bills were read a third time and passed : Scottish North-Eastern and Alyth Railway Company— Scottish !North-Eastern and Perth Almond Valley and Methven Railway—North British Railway—Liverpool and London Fire and Life and Globe Insurance Company— Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway—Denburn Valley —Scottish North-Eastern and Scottish Central Railway Companies. THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE.—PENNON TO THE COUNTESS OF ELGIN. Her Majesty's message upon this subject having been read by the clerk at the table, Earl GRANVILLE moved that her Majesty's gracious message be ;taken into consideration. His lordship com menced by tracing the brilliant career of the late Earl of Elgin from the time of his leaving Oxford until his death in India. He said he had no doubt their lord ships would readily concur with the recommendation of her Majesty to recognise the services of the late Earl of Elgin, who was struck down by the fatal climate of India, by granting Lady Elgin £l,OOO per annum. From the Indian Fand £l,OOO had been already voted, by which arrangement the combined pension would then amount to £2,000 per annum. The Earl of ELLENBOROTIR felt great pleasure in endorsing all that had fallen from the President of the Council in his eulogy of the late Earl of Elgin. As a public servant the deceased nobleman had won the gratitude of the whole nation, and it was much to be regretted that for tune had been so capricious. No appointment had ever been made which had given greater satisfaction to all parties Able, prudent, resolute, unimpassioned, he appeared to be of all men the best calculated to act in the true spirit of his wise and beneficent proclamation in India. We acknow ledge his worth, and all that remains for us to do is, as far as we can, to make such provision for his bereaved widow, that anxiety for the future may not increase the poignancy of the grief she must ever retain in contemplating the memory and the glory of her noble husband. The Earl of DERBY could not deny himself the pleasure of paying a brief tribute to the memory of the late Lord Elgin. He had watched with great interest the brilliant career of the deceased nobleman from the time ho first left England for Jamaica. In all his subsequent actions he had well maintained the honours he had won, and he could not let the present occasion pass without bearing his testimony to the excellency of his character, and his admiration of his conduct as a public man. The mction was then agreed to. THE WEST RIDING ASSIZES. MAJOR Mr. LIDDELL asked the ITuiler Socretary of State for Foreign Affairs by whose orders and under what instruc tions Major Gordon was appointed to the command of the Chinese disciplined force now employed in suppressing the rebellion in China, and empowered to conduct the present military operations, having for their object the restoration of Nankin to Imperial rule, inasmuch as Sir Frederick Bruce, in the enclosure of a despatch to Earl Russell, sated Juno 12, 1863, being copy of a memorandum addressed by him to Prince Kung on June 5, 1870, states "that he, Sir The motion having been seconded by Mr. BAILLra, Mr H. GRENFELL argued, in opposition to the pro posal, that no wrong had been done to Azeem Jah, who, during his whole life, had enjoyed the protection of the English Government. If the committee were granted, it would be tantamount to an admission that he had suffered wrong, and that would be contrary to the opinion of some of the most eminent statesmen. it would also necessitate an instruction to the committee to provide a remedy, and the remedy must be either to confer upon him the mock throne of the Carnatic or give him a large pecuniary com pensation. Before doing that, it was necessary to show that wrong had been committed, and next that it could be re medied without inflicting wrong upon others. And he held that both these elements were wanting in the case. Sir J. FERGIJSSON said that if the committee were appointed their inquiries would be useless, because no fresh evidence could be collected on the subject. But they might do this. They might find a bill of indictment against faithful and able servants of the Crown who, after passing their lives in honour, had gone to the grave amidst the regrets and with the respect of all. He called upon the house not to re-open a question which had been settled upwards of 60 years ago. Mr BAILLIE observed that there were two important admissions in the treaty of 1801; first, that the Nawab was the legitimate Sovereign of the Carnatic, and next that the East India Company had acquired the right to govern the Carnatic, not by conquest, but by treaty. If then the treaty had ceased to exist, by what title, he should like to know,',did we now possess the territory ? Mr LOWE was not prepared to say that the transaction was one in which we could take much pleasure, but he argued that the treaty was entered into without any inten tion of conveying rights to descendants. The Anglo-Indian Government retained to themselves the right of considering whether they would allow a new nomination to the nawab ehip of the Carnatic, and all that could be said was that, in two eases, they elected to do so, and in the third that they would not. On a division the motion was negatived by 61 to 45. Mr HENNESSY expressed his surprise that the house had been permitted to go to a division without the Secretary for India offering any explanation on the subject. Mr MALINS also rebuked Sir C. Weed for the indiffe rence with which he had treated the matter, and the exulta tion with which he had hailed the result of the division. L - ,rd PALMERSTON said that if his right hon. friend had manifested any exultation it was owing to the tact that the hon. and learned gentleman, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, who was known to be full of the subject and prepared to support the motion for inquiry, was so entirely dumbfounded by the arguments opposed to it, that he was unable to reply. Sir F. KELLY owned that he had been outwitted by the tactique of the Government ; but he now gave notic e that, in jutice to the honcur of the house, he should take the earliest opportunity of reviving the discussion. Mr W. E, FORSI'EII stated that he had given his vote with the minority on the single ground that the Secretary for India had not risen to defend the conduct of his own administration. Sir C. WOOD contended that, as his department had been assailed, he had a right, as the defendant, to hear all the case against it before he delivered a reply. Moreover, he considered the speeches of Sir J. Fergusson and Mr Lowe were ample defence. Lord STANLEY regretted that Lord Palmerston should have regarded the motion in the light of a party attack, seeing that in the division one half the support received by the Government had come from th© Opposition side of the house. The house then went into committee of supply, and agreed to several votes on account of the civil service. NEW ZEALAND (GUARANTEE OF LOAN). The hawse went into committee on this bill. Mr. CARDWELL said that papers relating to the pro gress of the war in New Zealand had recently been laid on the table of that house. He had seen in the newspapers ac counts which, he was happy tc say, did not correspond with those which had reached him officially. He had received by this mail accounts of two conflicts which had taken place between our troops and, the native chiefs—one in the neigh bourhood of Plymo - dth, and the other with Gen. Cameron's force. The first was an operation conducted by Gen. Ward with great si:xcess, and was carried out fortunately with the smallesz loss, no one being killed, and only four wounded. The GoNernor and General Cameron spoke of that action in the highest terms, A more important engagement had taken ply,* with General Cameron's force, with reference to which he was glad to say the reports of a disastrous failure through a subordinate were not correct. All he could say was that according to the intelligence which had reached him, the victory over the natives by General Cameron was complete and decisive, and the extensive district was now in posses sion of the Government. He would now turn to what was the inaraediate object. It would be in the recollection of the house that a proposal had been made last session for a loan of half a million, but, for reasons stated in the correspond ence now before him, that proposal had not succeeded ; and it now devolved upon him to renew the proposal in a diffe rent form. The correspondence showed that the oolor,y o f New Zealand desired to raise a loan of £3,000:00 . Th e Finance Minister of th e co l ony h ad disci ] ssed the mat t er with him; but he (Mr. Cardwell) gave 'tint to urAkratand at the outset that he could not und,rtake on the part of the Imperial Government to subm.'a any proposal to Parliament for so large a sqm as r),000,000. The question, then, was, whether they should limit themselves to the £500,000 of lest session. The guarantee of £500,000 had nothing to do with the expense of the war. Tha Imperial Government in the coarse of the present year had advanced £300,000, and therefore if the guarantee were confined to £500,000 the whole would be absorbed in the amount due to the Treasury. It was now proposed to guarantee a loan of £1,000,000, £500,000 to be paid to the Imperial Treasury, and VOO,OOO to be at the disposal of the Colonial Govern ment; and he thought the correspondence would show that there was ample security for this loan. It might be asked why they came forward to guarantee at all ? But the reasons were the great expense caused by having so many of the population of New Zealand under arms, the necessity for making roads, and surveys, and carrying out many other i mprovements. If the proposal were agreed to, the whole of the amount due to the Imperial Treasury would be re paid, and at the close of the present year New Zealand would contribute, like the rest of the Australian territory, her pro portion of the m ilit ary expenditure, namely, at the artillerym an rate of t4O for every i n f antry soldier and £55 for every The onl y exception was the differenc e o f one regiment in favour of New Ze a l an d, f or wh i ch a sum of The resolution ti £20,000 would be alloNred as he re t o f ore, --o ' , ng been read, Mr AYTOUN s aid he would offer no opposition pro vided the right hon. gentleman would give sufficient time for the reading of the correspondence. Mr CARD WELL was desirous of affording sufficient time for the perusal of the correspondence, and he would not take the second reading before that day week, Sir H.WILLOUGHBY thought the proper time for dis cussion was the present occasion, when in committee, The correspondence was only delivered that r eernin _ . g He had g theho gentleman. sur plus fund only looked cursorily through it, but h e ha d seen enough to warn th e comm ittee of the anxious stat e ofXew Zealand. The acc oun t appeare d t o him to be more complica ted than Ile wn s o indi e c d at h e e d c in ou t l h d e n s o t a t st t u e n m d e e n r to a f n t d he riht where was to be found that was to secure the payment of the debt, and to protect the imperial treasury from the risks of gua ranteeing the loan. Mr. WHALLEY had seen a statement put forward in a New Zealand newspaper to the effect that, wher ever Sir George Grey went, ha found evidence that the recent rebellion had originated in the conduct of the Roman Catholic priesthood—(oh, oh, and laughter)— and he wished to know whether the right hon. gentleman had received any communication from Sir George Grey confirmatory of that statement. (Laughter.) Mr ADDE ItLEY said no doubt the circumstances of . .he cue were peculiar, and that there were very strong reasons why the house should entertain the proposal of a guarantee. The spirit which Now Zealand had shown in meeting its ditlicnitic.3 was an example to all our other colonies—(hear) —and, in the next place, the condition which would be at tached to the guarantee, that for the future the colony were willing to pay for all the Imperial troops quartered there with the exception of one regiment, recommended the reso lution to the adoption of the house. Not desiring to be understood as expressing any deliberate opinion upon the ole proposition until he had been able to read the cor respondence, he n evertheless inclined to the opinion that the pr. - posal of the Governmont ought to be supported. Mr HA SSARD suggested the desirability of th being put in Possesbio n of niceo detailed information with eir respect Frederick Bruce,l77smsjdeerorh7.Majes ty's army to take any part in military operations further than may be necessary for the protection of British interests, and his first step, consequently, would be to desire that Major Gordon and others serving with him at Shanghae should not pass the boundary described as the 30 mile radius. Mr LAYAnD said that all the information asked for would be found in the blue books, which could be referred to by ahy hon. member. THE CONFERENCE. In reply to Mr B. OSBORNE and Mr KINGLAXE, Lord PALMERSTON declined to verify officially any statement that appeared in the Morning Post or any other newspaper relative to the Danish Conference. (Laughter.) He was not in a position to confirm any newspaper statement as to what the Danish Plenipotentiaries said or did. (Laughter.) The statement he had made to the house was sufficiently explanatory, and there were no new cir cumstances that called for any supplemental statement. An Hon. MEMBER— file noble lord has not, to my mind, made a satisfactory statement in regard to this matter. Lord PALMERSTON said he did not feel himself called upon to deal with every variety of mind which might arise even in that house, and all that he could do was to make a clear and so far as he could a logical statement. (Hear, and laughter.) THE NAWAB OF THE CARNATIC. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr SMOLLETT moved that a select committee be ap pointed to inquire into the claims of his Highness Azcem Jah to the title and dignity of the Nawab of the Carnatic; and further to report upon the circumstances under which the treaty entered into between his high ness's father, Azeem ul Dowlah and the East India Com pany, dated the 31st day;of July, 1801, had been declared void. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING JUNE 14, 1864. to the finances of New Zealand, in order that they might be able to judge whether the surplus fund relied upon existed. Mr CARDWELL explained that the loan was to be a first charge upon the general expenditure of the colony. Mr WHALLEY requested an answer with respect to his inquiries on the conduct A the Roman Catholic priest hood. Mr CARDWELL said he did not think it was necessary at so late a period of the evening to go into such matters. (Cheers and laughter.) The resolution was then agreed to. COLLECTION OF TAXES BILL. On the order of the day for the third reading of this bill, Sir W. JOLLIFFE appealed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer not to press forward so unpopular a bill until more time had been allowed for the consideration of its pro visions. He moved the adjcurnment of the debate. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the house had concurred in the principle of the bill ; so he hoped that the house would not concur in the motion. Mr NE WDEGATE said that great dissatisfaction existed in the country as to the nature and objects of the bill with reference to the exemption of the large towns, and on those grounds he should support the motion, so as to give an opportunity for further discussion. After some explanations from Mr HARVEY LEWIS in explanation of his reasons for withdrawing his amendment for exempting large towns, Mr KNIGHT supported the motion. The house divided, with the following result-- Ayes Noes Majority Sir W. JOLLIFFE expressed his regret that the right hon. gentleman should persevere at so late an hour of the morning (ona o'clock). Mr HENNESSY moved that the house do now adjourn. Mr NE WDEGATE urged the right hon. gentleman not to persevere. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER yielded to the suggestion of Mr Newdegate, and put the third reading for Thursday next. SUPPLY. The report of supply was brought up and agreed to. PUBLIC AND REFRESHMENT HOUSES (ME TROPOLIS) BILL. This bill passed through committee. PILOTAGE ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL. This bill was read a second time. SUPERANNUATION (UNION OFFICERS) BILL. This bill was read a second time. BEER-HOUSES (IRELAND) BILL. The amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. COVENTRY FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. This bill was read a second time. The Settled Estates Act Amendment Bill was read a second time. BURIALS REGISTRATION BILL. This bill passed through committee. The County Constabulary Superannuation Bill was ?ead a second time. The house then adjourned. DENMARK, (From the limes' Special Correspondent.) ELSINORE, June 9. Yesterday the King opened the new railway line which hasjust been completed between Copenhagen and Elsinore. The distance as the crow flies is not much more than 20 English miles. They have made the railway more than one-third longer by going round to Fredericksborg and Fredensborg, so that the fastest trains will not get over the ground in less than two hours, which is just the time em ployed by the steamers plying from port to port. Speed of locomotion and the time gained by it are, however, no objects with these good Danes,and they think little of the loss of an hour in a line of first rate European importance. This line is to join the Swedish railways at ilelsingborg, across the Sound, the train being carried over the three miles of water by one of ;;nose ferries on the American plan, con structed for that purpose. It will thus become the direct means of communication between Stockholm and Copenhagen ; further, by following the line from Copenhagen toKorsor, from Korsor by another ferry to Nyeborg by rail to Middletart, from Middle fart by ferry to Snoghoi, in Jutland, and thence all across Schleswig and Holstein to Hamburg, this will travel over Zealand, Funen, and across the Oresund and the Great and the Little Belts, convey. ing passengers in the same carriage from the two Northern capitals to the great German free city and the rest of the world. We were all assembled at the terminus (Clampen_ borg station) in Copenhagen at half-past 11. The Ring was there, the Queen, the Crown Prince, the Princess Dagmar, and about 200 persons, Cabinet Ministers, civil, military, and naval officers, cow ' tiers, railway directors, and other citizens; most of the people in uniform ; almost all with stars and crosses, cordons and keys, a goodie display of the world's vanities, all glittering in the sun of one of what the English people called " Queen's-days," the weather being as propitious to the movements of Royalty in Denmark as it is proverbially in England, The district travelled over by this short line may be called the garden of Zealand ; it is a blessed land, equally good to live and to look upon. Four or five of the greatest Royal parks stretch in eight of the line to the right and left — Charotten-lund, Dyr have, Hovelte, &c. ; sweeps of the richest meadow land and masses of the thickest forest verdure swell about far and wherever the eye tures. It is Eng lish landscape in its happiest mood, with the addi w hero and tional peculiarity of b roa d s h eets of water there; the mirror e ver ready 'wherever th e r e i s beauty to rejoice in its rek e ti on. At ; most o the f the 8 t :etions the trait stopped, as I said :coal autheritles stepped up to the here King's caretage as it slackened speed ; there the King himself and his suite and all of us alighted, and there was interchange of obeisances, congratu tions, and good wishes. The whole population of the neighbourhood, es a matter of course, crowded together at these halting-places —a well-dressed, good-looking, wellebehaving Danish multitude. The King stepped down not merely in front of them, but among them—into them,---the Xin g a n d the Queen, and the Crown Prince—a rather tall, handsome young gentleman, in the uniform of a field-offic er o f th e i n f antry of the line —and that lovely Princess Dagm ar , so young and modest a n d ingenuous, looking evid en tl y happy with the gai e ty and the novelty of the scene, as were also her parents, for the reception they met with every where was so hearty and genuine as to dispel even the cloud of care so habiteally set on the n o bl e brow of the Queen. Truly this a goed-looking family, and I am sure the impression they made yesterday upon thousanda ef their subjects, to whom their facss were ors yet unfamiliar, was that no kingly race ever better became their station than this "newlyearrived" house, who to take so littl e o f the greatness of Royaltyseem upon themselves, Not the King only, but the Queen, and even th e young Princess mixed the Pr; ‘ , see , singly with the crowd, and had a word to say to all who were not too shy to approach them. No won der the arrival and departure of the train were the signals for the loudest shouts of the delighted assem blage. At Fredericksborg, especially, the scene was extremely animated ; dense throngs of ladies, in the gayest attire, filled up all open spaces and spread widely over the avenues, their handkerchiefs wav ing in the air beautifully contrasting with the variety of their rainbow dresses and pink parasols. They looked like an animated Dannebrog—all red and white. Those dear national colours, floating above the buildings, absorbed all other hues die played by the motley multitude. An affecting scene awaited us as we burst in sigh, of the Sound just upon nearing Elsinore. The train came to a standstill on an elevated position near the shore, and drawn up in a line before us wesaw about a dozen of the men of-war of the Baltic fleet, from every one o f which the cannon gave its thunder of welcom e to the king. On the land side, along oe di ni the road, were most of the crews of those ships in t heir clean bl ue shirts, presenting arms; their trumpets, rather more in tune than the bugler of the land t roops, struck up the noble strain "Kong Christia n stod ved hoien Mast"--a strain that wen t through the nerves of most bystanders, and thrilled them with s ome of those emotions which come upon us when wo ar e l east in quest of them. It was impossible t o l ook at those fair, weather beatencees without mariners,f as we went p ast t h e long row of fs enc e convinced th a t one stood in p array of E ngl i sh tars. The look, the shape, the be ar i ng of the men are identi cal. The very sound of th e language displays the faces, a g i. g goodly greatest affinity. There were men in the Danish army at Sonderborg who used to startle me as I heard them talking among themselves, because I actually thought ailit their idiom Was not only like Eng lish, but actual English. This is especially the case, I am told, with some of the people of West Jut land and Schleswig, whose dialects are not altoge• Cher unintelligible when they come ashore in some of the English northern counties or in the Scottish lowlands. Truly a closer kinship than exists be tween Great Britain and Denmark is nowhere to be found on earth; and it seems hard, indeed, that the bigger sister should not raise as much as a little linger in behalf of the younger one, to save her from the two great bullies who have almost beat= the soul out of her body. Presently we all set foot on Elsinore, and the King and suite proceeded in carriages to the shore of the Sound, where they alighted in sight of the Kronborg and of the Swedish coast, the King stand• ing on a high spot near the shore and pointing out the most salient objects to the Queen, who seemed to be a stranger in these parts, and was delighted h what There was then a ba c k war d move, and b all sa w . joined a ga i n at t h e S kyte-bane, or shooting gallery, a la rge b u i lding and grounds near wit s belongi nga santead. to the rifle club of the t own , wheret the station the feast was I happen to have been more than once present at the opening of railways by the King of Italy, and I was particularly struck with the difference with whichcan be gone th roug h i n different In Italy the road f rom B o• logna to Ancona, or f rom the latter place to Pesa cars, traverses cla ssic ground , an d the names of the same countries. Faenza, Rimini, Peser.in thto o,&o ot , makes fa r diff eren t im pression on the ea , r . fra bf Hellerup, Lyngby, Birkerod, &c., wench tee man has ever heard out of Denmark, tyad with Which the Dane himself has no great treediticns to associate. Moreover, the Italians are it loud, demonstrative people ; art and taste Come natural to th em i n the decoration of their most crushing t yranny ; the locomotive was as new to them as t h e Ki ng who fee st c i u v e a d ls. froniTho thsee provinces, b es id es , were new 4 had lately annexed th em, the fellow-subjects who were coming to greet them, and the glad tidings of freedom and civilisation that 'name in their train. eris;aark, The opening of a r a il way under such circumstances in Italy was a pohtical event, a peaceful re vo l u ti on . the railway co mes as the last d f l i l e a: k i r g e o ' h f i t n s a i all,Do n b a t chain suorfprgr adual surprises b no sc o e d i y a progress.ilepe o p l e I t go out ee welcome the train as a matter of com- Inca occurrence—.a familiar object, which, if they have not seen here, they have seen a score of miles ofir, They are glad of a holiday—glad of an opportunity for the display of loyal feelings to their Sovereign. That Sovereign is no stranger to them ; he comes to the throne as the heir of a long-established dynasty in the regular course of succession. For the rest, they think little of arches, tapestries on the walls and damask cloths from the windows ; they bring themselves, and their honest, bright faces, and their lusty cheers. That must make joy enough for the new corners end for themselves. Anything theatrical would be out of the question ; anything eves artistical would be out of keeping with the prosaic iron rails. On one point, however, the Danes have exhibited a most decided superiority over the Italians, and that is the dinner. At Ancona or Pescara four or five hundred starving men, standing round ill provided tables, with hat, in hand and cloak on arm, had to snatch such morsels as they could get at. wrangling and almost squabbling. In Denmark we sat about 200 in one room, seated round four longitudinal tables and a transverse one, and before us were laid about twelve dishes, handed round in as many courses, with every variety of French, German, and Peninsular wines. The din ner was a good thing ; but the leisure, cordiality, and actual brotherhood with which we ate it were even better. The King sat in the middle of the high table, having his Queen on his left, the young rrincess Daginar on his right, who was supported on the other side by her brother, the Crown Prince. Round the same table were the Ministers, some of the great Court dignataries, and the directors of the new railway, the hosts of the day. One of these latter, a Herr David, stood up just as we had despatched our kalvert:ay, groncester, olivensaracc—i, a., when we were through about one-fourth of the dinner, and, as he stood face to face with the king, the table only intervening, he, in a short neat speetb proposed the " Health of the King." The band struck up "King Christian stood by the i.orty mast; " the cannon thundered outside. The toast was received with real enthu slum!), and the King actually,lingled glasses" with Herr David. He then thanked thu assembled ghests with an easy fl)vv of language and some happy allu sion to the " hark of the State that would yet be got s safely out of the stormy tae," Whi c h e li c i ted new The Queen," f or whom the Xing made an applause. The same i n d e f atigable Herr David next proposed " apprcpriate answer. The ttrrn next came for Prince Frederick, the Croa.n prince, and his sister Dagmer, when the former get up and acquitted himself of his task with a readiness and aplomb quite beyond his years, The King rid not forget " The Army and Navy," which toast was drunk amid the strains of " Den tappre Lanlsoldat" and " Holmens faste Stock." The absent were not defrauded of their share, especially Kin g George of Greece, who, no doubt, would have been glad enough to be with us —glad to be anywhere, perhaps, rather than where he is, Bishop Monred also proposed "The Princess of Wales," who might almcst have heard the hurrah which rose in her honour all the way from the shores of the Oresund to h er b oudoirat Marlborough House. fhe King assured th e b ystanders that " his absent daughter felt as poi gnant l y for the calamities of her country as any there present." After one more toast, for the " good o ld c i ty Els i nore, " the King and suite left the table. We rose in a hurry and followed into the garden, whence, after a hasty cup of coffee, 199 of the company took their seats in the carriages back to Copenhagen, and only one—y our correspondent —repaired to his new quarters a Elsiuore. Naval and idilitary Intelligence, A letter from Malta says :—" Between the 2d and sth of June the harbour presented unusual activity. The steam storeship Supply had arrived froth Corfu; the Dromedary, from Cephalonia., with items and baggage; and the Or lando steam frigate, and Trident steam sloop, from Cepha lonia; the steam frigate Liffey, from Zante; the steam fri • gate Alagicienne, from Santa Maura ; the steam Corvette Cossack, from Ithaca; and the screw steath line of battle ship Meeanec, from Corfu. The last siX brought 39 officers, 1,118 non-commissioned officers and privates, 61 women, and 133 children of the Ist battalion, 9th Regiment. Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Galatea arrived on the 4th from Corfu, bringing nine officers, 109 non - commissioned officers and privates, 35 women, and 63 children of the I4oyal Engineers; eight non commissioned officers and privates, 14 women, and 12 children of other re= giments for Gibraltar, for which port she left on June 6. Her Majesty's screw steam troopship Himalaya arrived on the same day, likewise from Corfu, bringing 33 officers ? 912 non-commissioned officers and privates, 65 re men, an d 302 children of the 4th Regiment and of the Royal Artillery. Her Majesty's scull' steam troopship Tamar also arrived from Corfu th e 4th, bringing for Malta One tion-corn raiseerne() officer and 18 privates ) and for Gibraltar, for 'which port she took her departure on the same day, 980 officers, noh-eommissioned officers, and privates of the 2d battalion ) 1 2d Regiment. Major-Gen. Sir It. Garrett ) lately commanding the forces in the lonian island% slid Mrs Gar rett, Capt. Beresford, A.D.C.) Col, Maude, C. 8., V.C., of the Royal Artillery, with his wife and family; Col. Robert son, appointed Deputy Quartermaster- Gen, at Malta, Assist. Coln.-Gen. Cruickshanks, Deputy Assist. Com.-Gen. Leach and wife, the Rev. Mr 'Wrench, and the Earl of March, besides several civilians, came as passengers by the above named ships of war. Her Majesty's screw steamship of the line, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Smart, K.H., Com mander-in-Chief, arrived on the 7th from Katackolo, in Greece, preceded on the 6th by the schooner steam yacht Undine, from the same place, having on board the Duke of Sutherland and the Earl of Sefton. The United States sailing corvette Constellation left Malta on June 1 for Alexandria. The Pigmy, Goverment paddle steam tender at Ports mouth, Master Commanding W. W. Vine, has returned to that harbour, from her temporary station, under the command of Commander Colomb, R.N., off the south coast of the Isle of Wight, where she has been engaged in experimental tele graphic operations. These telegraphic experiments have been carried on by Commander P. H. Colomb, R.N., with Capt. F. J. Bolton, 12th Regiment, F.R.G.S., under the direction of the Admiralty and the War _office, in order to perfect a system of telegraphy applicable to one code of signalling for the use of the army and navy, and having special reference to coast defences. So far as the experi ments have yet gone, they have been most successful. Com munications by signal have been kept up for hours from the temporary signal station on St. Catherine's Down, Isle of Wight, under the direction of Capt. Bolton, and the Pigmy steamer 24 English miles off in the Channel, under the direc tion of Commander Colomb, and from the results which have attended these experiments inferences may be safely drawn that an ordinary message of 20 words may be thus trans mitted from a look-out ship nearly halfway across the Chan nel to the nearest English headland in 15 miles. Such re sults as these bid fair to revolutionise the ordinary modes of signalling, It is understood that the Admiralty, fully ap preciating the importance of the whole question, have ordered a further series of trials to be made. The America, target-ship at Portsmouth, is again having her sides strengthened in parts, and newly planked with greenheart planking to receive armour-plates for trial. The greenheart planking is six inches in thickness inside and outside the ship's frame, and on this will be bolted with iron and steel bolts (the latter experimental) for the next trial iron and steel armour-plates from the firms of John Brown and Co,, of the Atlas Steel and Iron Works, and from C. Cammil and Co., of the Cyclops Works. The Wolverine, ironca'ed corvette, and the Research and Enterprise, rams, arrived in Great Yarmouth Roads last night, to await orders, it is supposed, for the North. Fires were lighted in the furnaces of the Channel Squadron at 7 o'clock yeoterday morning at Plymouth. The screw steamship Prince Consort, 3.5, Capt. George 0. Willes, C. 8., hove short at 9, and at half•past left the Sound by the Western Channel. The Black Prince, 41, Capt. J. B. Wainwright, second in command, followed. The flag ship Edgar, 71, Capt. G. P. Hornby, cleared the western end of the Breakwater at 10 a.m., and all was ready for the immediate departure of the 'Warrior, 40, Capt. the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, C. 8., and the Defence, 16, Capt Augustus Phillimore. The following garrison order to the troops who took part in the siege operations carried out at Chatham in the pre sence of the Prince of Wales has been issued by General H, Eyre, commanding the Chatham district : "The Major-General has been commanded by his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in -Chief to express the great satisfaction with which his Royal Highness witnessed the complete success of the siege operations carried out in the presence of his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales. The Major General is aware, from his own personal observation, how anxiously the troops of all branches of the service (assisted as they were by the Royal Navy at this station, and the Royal Marines from Woolwich) have endeavoured to deserve the approba tion they are all so much gratified in obtaining ; but it is to the very able and skilful superintendence of Col. Harness, C. 8., Royal Engineers, and the remarkably zealous and cheerful co-operation of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and sappers of the Royal Engineer establishment that such a successful result must be chiefly due on an oc casion of the kind." The Garibaldi Testimonial Fund. A general meeting of the subscribers to this fund was held yesterday afternoon, at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street. The meeting was convened in terms of a re solution agreed to at a meeting of the general committee, held on the 30th ult., and was for the purpose of determin ing as to the future action of the committee, and of consi dering the propriety of suspending for the present all fur ther Operations in the way of collecting subscriptions for the Testimonial Fund. Mr. J. A. NICHOLAY, having been voted to the chair, briefly stated the object of the meeting. Mr JOHN RICHARDSON, C.C., one of the hon. secreta ries, stated that having heard from reliable resources that the magnitude of the fund would be much impaired if fur ther proceeded with at the present time, the provincial towns being still smarting under the disappointment caused by the sudden and unexpected departure of the General from England, ho had prepared a resolution, which he would submit to the meeting, on the subject. He must say he should submit that resolution with no little regret, as he could have wished to have gone on until they collected a fund worthy of the country and of the illustrious man for whom it was intended. Under present circumstances, how ever, that was impossible ; and, at all events, he had the satisfaction of knowing that in the course he was pursuing he was acting in according with the feelings and the wishes of the most intimate friends of Garibaldi, as well as of that great man himself. It was not intended that the com mittee should be dissolved, but simpiy that, its action should be suspended until the General should again revisit England, which he had every reason to believe would be at no distant period, as the proplo of Glasgow seemed to be in hopes of seeing him during the autumn. But, however, that might, it would be useless to proceed under present circumstances, and he therefore begged to move the follow ing resolution :—" That this committee, having carried to a successful issue the reception of Gen. Garibaldi by the people of this great metropolis, and having done their best towards securing a testimonial to the illustrious here worthy of the British nation, deem it to be desirable that for the present no further expenses be incurred as regards the Testimonial Fund, as most of the General's friends in the provinces seem to prefer postponing their subscriptions to the fund until he revisits England, That the accounts, therefore, be audited by the two auditors, Edmond Beales, Esq., M.A., and J. A. Nicholay, Esq., and that the trea surers prepare a balance-sheet thereof, to be signed by the auditors; and that a copy of it be forwarded to every sub scriber, and that the balance in hand, when ascertained, be paid over to the order of the General; and, lastly, that the honorary secretaries be requested to summons a meeting of the Garibaldi Reception and Testimonial Fund Committee as soon as they receive official intimation of the time when the General intends to revisit England." Mr Richardson, in conclusion, read a largo number of letters from various gentlemen, subscribers to the fund in London and the pro vinces, all concurring in the coarse proposed by his re solution. Sir C. M'GREQOR, Bart., seconded the resolution, and highly concurred in the course it pointed out. He had no doubt that at a future time, and when they had the General again amongst them, they would be able to carry out their original intention to its fullest extent. The resolution was supported by Mr E. Beales, Mr Jones, and Mr Webber, C.C. ; and, on being put from the chair, was unanimously adopted. Mr RICHAABSON stated, in reply to several gentlemen, that he thought, after the accounts were made up, there would be a balance of some £lOO to be remitted to General Garibaldi. That was in addition to £2OO already remitted, and independent of the Crystal Palace Fund, the accounts of which, in consequence of the absence of Mr Negretti from London, had not yet been made up, but which would be considerable. These accounts, it was expected, would be ready very soon. Mr 'Volum after alluding to the offer made by Mr P. A. Taylor, I`l. P., at the previous meeting, of allowing the com mit te the use of the rooms of the Italian Unity C o mmittee, in South amp t on-street, Strand, and the services o secretary, gratis, s h ou ld it b e d ec i ded to cont i nue fund,th d e f htto their moved, that - Chile the committee deemed it inexpedient accept the offer, the thanks of the meeting be accorded to Mr Taylor for making it. Mr RIZHARDSON having seconded the motion it was °or dially adopted. Votes of thanks were then passed to the honorary secre taries, Mr J. B. Taylor and Mr Richardson, for their inde fatigable exertions in the cause ; to Mr B. Langley,.. for_ the excellent ma nner i u which he and those who assisted him conducted th e p rocess i on arrangements ; and the chair man, for hi s con d uct in the chair and the interest h e had taken in the entire proceedings. The meeting then broke up. Meeting of CoMem An open air meeting of colliers was hold yesterday on a hill, called the Wren' s N est, i n the Dudley d i str i c t. The number present was compute d at a b out 7 , 000, a nd it was the largest meeting of th e ki nd that has ever b een held in South Staffordshire. A process i on o f a b ou t 3,000 persons marched from Dudley t o th e p l ace of meet i ng , a ccompanied by ten bands, Mr W. H. Miller, of Dudley, presided, and there were delegates present who represented Scotland and the northern counties. Thu following resolution was passed :—" That the miners of this district approve of tho objects of the Miners' National Association, and pledge themselves to support its operations and contribute towards its funds." Mr J. HOLMES, of Methley, treasurer to the National Association, then spoke, and after some remarks upon the appearance of those present, gave the following statistics : —The number of collieries at work has increased from 2,397 in 1853 to 3,088 in 1862. Employed in these collieries there were, in 1861, no less than 235,590 colliers, who pro duced for sale in that year the enormous quantity of 83,635,214 tons of coal, the value of which is estimated at £1,000,000 per annum. Up to 1860 the number of fatal deaths in coal mines average 4 1,015 yearly, or four to the thousand, more than eight times above the general average of deaths by Viole nce f rom dangerous occupations; while the returns for 1861-2 show the average to have risen to 1,061 2-3, while 1863 is still higher than the preceding years. The Registrar. General's report shows that the average of the lives of the whole population of Great Britain reaches 33.34 years, agriculturists being 42'3, the miner's life averages only 27 years. Zhe speaker then maintained that the enormous amount of work done by the colliers was not properly paid for ; that they were not participating , so to s peak , largely enough in the p ro fit s o f th e i r masters ; while the risk they encountered in exposing themselves to the breathing of the foul air in a income tax retu rns , Ley should he well p aid for their work. The pit, which shortened t heir lives, was another reason why continued he, for the past year showed that the masters were getting wore wealthy every year; and he thought that the labourers of the country should get richer too, so that by and by they might have a few hun dred pounds to fall back upon at a period when they were not fit for work. The Rev. J. R. STEVENS, chaplain to the National As. sociation, then si,oke, and was followed by the delegates; after which the meeting dispersed. LADVERTISEMENT.I—IieIIoway's Pills, —Wrongs made Right.—Every d ay t h a t b o dily suffering is permitted continue renders it more certa i n to become chronic or dan to gerous. Holloway's purifying, cooling, and strengthening Pills are well adapted for any irregularity of the human i body, and should be tak en w hen the stomach s disordered, the liver deranged, th e kid neys inactive, the bowel s t orp i d, or the brain muddled. Wi t h this medicine every in va lid can cure himself, and th ose w h o a re weak and infir m t h rough imperfect digestion may ma k e th em selves str ong and stoutby Holloway's excell en t Pill s . A few doses of them norm ally mitigate the m os t pa i n f u l s y m ptoms caused by undi gested food, from which they thoroughly free the alimen tary canal, and completely _restore its natural power and action. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, Tfetne.—The air ite full of rnmottrs of the great onslaught which the Opposition is prepa r i ng t o make upon th e Ministry, and the spoils of office are for the hundredth time apportioned among the ex pectant victors. It is believed that a sufficient Danish feeling exists in the country, not, indeed ' to assist Denmark, bat to turn out the Government which has declined actively to assist her; and a suffi cient warlike feeling, not, indeed, to go to war, but to turn out a Government for pertinaciously adhering to peace. Direful are the threats of what will be done at a general election, and great is the gathering in the House of Commons every night to learn from the "Questions ' " and still better from the " Notices of Motions," when the great day Of trial will come. In this volcanic state we are grateful to any one who will give us the least means of estimating the impending phenomenon, and relieve us from the suspense in which we are involved. We, therefure, read with particular pleasure Lord Stanley's speech at the Merchant Taylors' dinner in acknowledging the toast of the House of Commons, If he is meditating an attack upon Downing-street, Lord Stanley certainly goes to the combat in a peculiarly tranquil and equable frame of mind. He seems so thoroughly content with everything that it would be quite a pity to introduce any change into the world which goes so smoothly. Lord Stanley says he has been for fifteen years a member of the House of Commons, and the longer and more intimately he has known it the stronger has become his respect for its opinions and the general soundness of its decisions. No tes timony can be more handsome, and no statement more convincing, than that of a statesman who thus fairly and candidly gives his evidence in favour of that very judge by whom he and his party have been repeatedly and remorselessly condemned. The history of the House of Commons for the last ten years has been the history of the re - verses and defeats of the Conservative party. It has been one long tale of successive disappointments. Tantalus himself was not more cruelly or perseveringly mocked. The tide of good fortune has been for ever rising up to their lips and for ever ebbing again. In 1852 they were indulged with just so much of the sweets of office as to make them long heartily for a prolonga tion of their term, and in 1858 and 1859 they existed in office during the greater part of two sessions, without being able to make good their footing on the promised land. It is not everyone whose opinion of the House of Commons would be raised by such experience ; but the Conservative leaders know their own party best, and if their opinion of the House is raised by the indisposition to trust them which it has shown during the last 12 years, it is not for us to blame the soundness of the decision. Lord Stanley admitted that for the last two or three years the House has not done much to gain credit with the public beyond maintaining a judicious inactivity. He does not take advantage of this inactive state of the House of Commons to attribute its abstinence from hard work as a fault to the Government. He looks upon it as the result of the present state of public opinion, and neither quarrels with the nation for desiring rest, nor expects to be called by his con stituents to a severe account for the easy life which he has led and the little execution he has done in the ranks of his political opponents. Nay, more; Lord Stanley's candour compels him to admit that "in two important departments--that of Law Re form and of Finance—very considerable and prac tical improvements have been made; and no diffe rence of political connection will prevent him or those whom he addresses from doing full justice to those by whom these improvements have been initiated." This is scarcely the language of a man who is engaged every day in considering how best he may damage and annoy the existing Go vernment,—into what part of their armour he may best introduce the point of his lance. If this speech is intended to prepare us for war, it can only be by a surprise, since no expressions can be used less cal culated to create suspicion and alarm. " England," he says, "is rich, prosperous, and contented beyond all former example, and the general opinion among the working classes is that if there is any well founded grievance, they may bring it forward with a confidence that it will be inquired into, and if pos sible removed." Lord Stanley goes on to advise us wisely to keep at peace with all our neighbours, and to continue in the same course of steady, consistent improvement which we have hitherto practised- Certainly this is not the language of discontent or repining, but rather of one who has seen matters go vary much as they ought, though against his own party, and is determined not to commit himself to any distinct policy other than that which has sac. ceeded so well. It looks, then, very much as if the anticipations which have been ventilated so freely of late were destined to end in nothing. Lord Stanley may fairly be accepted as the representative of the good sense and the moderation of the great English people, who are of no political party at all, and who see no reason to apprehend political agitation, be cause they are consoious of having done nothing to deserve it. A fe w years ago such a speech as that of Lord Stanley, made by a man having held high office, and aspiring to hold it again, young, able, and am bitious, would have been an absolute impossibility, an effort of virtue of self- denial of which no matnwould have been found:capable. Nom matters are mending so fast that political personages often receive quite as much justice from their antagonists tinhorn their allies, and the medium through which their act are seen by their adversaries loses almost all its power of distorting character. No one is sagacious enough to foresee what will be the end of the pre sent European complications, but there is no diffi culty in believing that the present Government will be judged, whatever may be the result of the Conference, in a much fairer and more equitable spirit than political parties in this country have hitherto been in the habit of manifesting towards each other. There are two difficulties in the way of carrying a vote of censure—the first that the mere ill success of negotiations set on foot with the best intentions, and Carried on with the most praise worthy diligence, can hardly, in the present state of feeling, be imputed even to a hostile Government as a crime; and the second that, even if the Tory party were agreed upon such a censure, they are unable to satisfy the conditions of STIOCORII which the House and the country requite of them. Supposing that they could combine to condemn what has been done, could they combine to point out any course for the future, to lay down any comprehensive plan of action, or indidate any rule of conduct, by following which the country would obtain a more assured and a more honourable position 1 The complaints that have been made take the shape of upbraiding the: Ministers for not acting up to the menadea they have uttered, and for suffering themselves to be outvoted in the Conference and upbraided by Austria and Prussia without having recourse to war. But is the Tory party ready to embrace this alternative? Are they really prepared to plunge this country into a doubtful struggle with two of the greatest military Powers in the world merely to show their goodwill to another whom they are un able efficiently to assist P We oppose to such views the pluin sensible declaration of Lord Stanley— that so long as they are wise enough to keep at peace, the House have nothing to fear from their constituents, In other words, that the opinion of the country is strong against war, and that, there fore, the Tory party is in this dilemma—that if it profess itself favourable to peace, it will fail for want of a cause of complaint against the Govern. meent ; and if favourable to war, it will fail because the country does not share its predilection. HERALD..--It is curious to observe how the tone of the apologists of the Government varies as time goes on. It is impossible now to maintain the high pretensions which were advanced when the public were more ignorant, and, therefore, more easily deceived, than they are now. Three months ago it was fearlessly asserted that there was nothing with which fault could be found in the conduct of Ministers, and that no phrase which could be inter preted either as a promise to Denmark or a threat to 9errnany, had fallen from Lord Russell's pen. It is too late to hold that language now. Even from the meagre residue of despatches which Mr. Layard's careful editing has left behind there is plenty to convict Lord Russell of bluster, which his subsequent conduct has made ridiculous, and pro mises which his timidity has converted into an indelible stain up on E ng l an d' s honour. These things lie up o n th e sur f ace , an d i t i s now of no use to deny their existen ce . C onse quently the line of logised.decence is chang e d. Th e d es p a tches ar e no longer eulogised. It is admitted that the Government wrote and spoke as if they intended to go to i w .e, ar th o a n t b th eh emo a te l ia f tiobdnl o es. f the Treaty of 13 52 . The d efence sarvatives p e t t i t v e a r t . ed Th th is e n would h seemstapology ohaavveedgonuietenocab of Ministerial writers and sLpaeradker,psa, lmanedrattohneyevreee isregarding a ll constitu gpreat i a t euf p ep on fa a r ll th o e c v c , a a s n io d n , s, d aerial decorum, is perpetually taunting the Oppo sition because they will not present him with a policy of their own. " What would your policy be ?" appears to the aged Minister a sufficient plea in answer to all the charges of imbecility and weakness that are brought against him. It seems who absurd t h at Ministers ho are gravely incul pated should seriously imagine that it is any kind of defence to set up a hypothesis, without a shadow of proof, to the effect that their antagonists would have done no better than them selves. I t i s scarcely less ridicu l ous t o see HelplessaPrim e Minister trying to veil his own perplexity by throwing the duty of an. nouncing a policy upon those who are not charged with the duty of devising one, and who have not the official information as to the exact condition of negotiations at the moment which would enable them to do it with confidence. Still it may be worth while, as this defence is advanced with so much assurance, to inquire a little into the hype' thetical questions which it raises, What, then, would the Conservatives have done if they helei_ office for the last two or three years, which wo uld ' have placed the country in a better position than that which it hold's now? The answer is very simple. They would have known their own minds. They would have determined how far it was t he duty and interest of England to defend Dentatirk.;"l, and they would have intimated their decision 1, clear and unmistakeable terms to Denmark hereel i l and to Germany. If Both the Powers had kney,_ before passions grew warm that the objects we re for which England had resolved to fight, it is 9b ,ak eioasly improbable that any serious contest w ou r e have arisen, The mi s t a k en persistency with wh ich '' in the earlier part of the controversy, Denmert contested some points of mere detail, upon needless aeiimony was engendered,was a conviction which Lord Russell had left in the mind of the Danish Minister that England pledged, come what might, to uphold the integri.4 of the Danish monarchy. The absolate rence to English threats with which GereanY. ° ty trodden under foot the plainest treaty obligiti'l e producer, P): and the most elementary national rights was bil n Fl the result of a profound conviction that Enheitg'l,,lief , would not fi ght for anything. That based upon the iss u e o f th e P o li s h negociatio ee l was disseminated widely has been fully justified by the result. Bu t 3 , 30 existence, with all its fatal conseqnences, Ig o through Europe , B e l ; wholly due to the misconduct of the Pre e , e o , Ministers. If Ministers is power had been less addicted to bluster and more sensitive to Wl d honour, both parties in the present dispute elau, t have known from the first exactly what they alig m k depend on, and how far they might go. Dell nlal e t would have known to what extent she might ea st upon English aid, and upon what points she 111 , 11 , 0 trust to her own strength. Germany would Ra be known that there was a limit beyond which, 0 0 17 might not step without encoantering the who le of England's power. Forewarned beforehand, nei t t " o would have drifted into this fatal struggle , p o p which embittered feeling and compromised h° 13° ; e0 now forbids either to retreat. The Conserva ll o have strong ground, therefore, for censuring ' re Ministry, and looking s i m ply tu , the past. The ,; is no need to inquire w h e th er t h e po li cy the 0°1 ,,,, 1;; merit are now following—if th e y are f o ll o wing at all—is a right or a wrong one. It is net a qba tion of present poli c y. Th e ques ti on i s hoiv men who now hold office are fit to be trusted IV fir any policy at all. Th e y a r e s i mp l y incoropet en „ o Their conduct upon the Dani s h a n d P o li s h questi e ; has shown them to be unfit depositaries of Pe We he They have dragged England's honour through ' 0 dirt. They have threatened where they dared . 13 i 0 strike, and their timidity has betrayed 0,44 nations of men far nobler than themselves. . I ."'a e have brought matters to that pass that Engl a n d It o arm is no longer feared, and England's words filt., fr inspire confidence. If no alteration of policy wim . „ 6 , ever were to ensue from a change of Governeihe're ' still a change is indispensable, because, if the fe t a conduct of men may be judged by what they ha gs done in the past, new di s h onour awa i ts Englae.„"ot the result of any ne g o c i a ti on th ese Mi n i s ters e"; /3 undertake. It is prob a bl e , h owever , that nevi i t - b, would bring to som e ex t en t new measures , theue tbr " of course, it is difficult to speculate upon nature or extent of any p ro b a bl e change o f p°l the fbe unless the precise point could be fixed at whic h new comers would have to take up the threa d of negociation. In any case, however, ,sl O assuming that a new Government found itsely s , much bound by its predecessors' acts as to bed 1 1 0 shied for the moment from going back upon rig oi and claims that have drifted into history, I t "bie change of Government would bring considers b e assistance to the Dan e s. Th e i r p os i t i on would w o better fitted, their hands would be more free, s o y ! ) , for the task of negotiation . In dealing wit h ne s vernmeuts of a despotic type personal feeling g"„. for a great deal. Now, Lord Russell has C e b v, trived to make himself personally detestable to t . do two potentates whose voice will principally de e l s the future progress of this war. To Austria his party is traditionally unacceptable, and a pers e + l3 4 point has been given to the general feeling 1 1 1 , 8 extravagant and inconsiderate partizanship of te Government during the disturbances of which Italy has recently been th e th ea t re . Wi t h France h is position ought to have been better. He has no tra; ditional predilections t o con t en d aga inst, and , I 3 great question of nati o nal p o li c y h as ar isen on wh ich he could well take a s id e o p en ly an t ag onistic to t he Emperor napoleon. But what he wanted in OPP°" tunny he has made up by ingenuity. He has con' d trived to offer to th e Emper or a d eep p e rsonal fence upon a matter of simple form. There is no doubt, that ever since the appearance of the caustic and rude dispatch in which Lord Russell rejected the proposal for a Congress, the Emperor has bee n unwilling to take any public step in conjunction with a statesman from whom he had received Bo gratuitous an affront. A new Foreign Secretor,' would come into office exempt from these disadvan' tages, and free from the personal ignominy which our ancient Pistol has justly earned. It will be something to have a Foreign Minister whose dip' lomatic obligations have eat been protested as did' 7 honoured in every Ch ance ll er i e i n E urope. H e will atrike with more effect if vigorous measures ar e needed; and if the path of negociation be still open he will have a better hope of pursuing it to the a t* tainment of an honourab'e settlement. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTE, We had a small show of w) to-day, and the trade was firm same as last week. No peas. o g 32 5 Wheat, white ..42 s 46s I Beans, Mazagan •• , •"' 8 6 red Barley , 32s s s 4 38 2 5 s i ,Fe m as i , d w dl h e i & th. s . th .3 32s o 3 3 36 8 0 : Oat Et—JUNE 11. heat on offer at this market at last week's prices. Beano NORTHAMPTON—TUNE 11. from Only a moderate quantity of wheat on offer to -day ic b the growers. Hold ers t rie d t o esta b lish an advance, W",ob. checked sales. For th e b es t w hi te sorts late rates vierl3„r. tained, but other desc r ipti ons were the turn cheaper. de ley very scarce, and not much life in the trade. Oa tfl fully previous rates. Beans in steady consumptive der:0,1,9; —White wheat, n ew , 38 s t o 40 s; new red, 358 t°4s--. old. 38s to 40s per qr . B ar l ey, new malting 34s to 0 e . grinding, 26s to 33 s p er qr . O ats, 19s to 30s per 24 stop Beans, 34s to 3Gs. Peas, 32s to 36s per qr. GLOUCESTER—JUNE 11. frog' There was a good s upply o f E ng li s h w h ea t t o -day - the farmers , which sold at a decline of 6d t o la per q r ,.„ c i, the prices Of last week. For e i g n wh ea t i n li m ited dewy and no chang e i n va l ue . B ar l ey, b eans, and oats were ',— alit:red. D—Juxu 10. At this corn exchange CHELMSFOR to-day there was a fair shosc.v o e wheat, and l as t wee k' s ra t es were l ower, w i t h a n ina c c i ti o s business doing. In Sp r i ng corn a stea d y t ra de, an former prices, . 2g 38a Wheat, old white...3og 45s Peas, Partridge.... ~-s new ..43s 47s White 30s old red....34s 37s Boiling .. 380 42s new 36s 40s Dun 31s 35° --s Barley . .25s 33s , Ditto new ...... -1 3 6 $ Chevalier ..26s 36s I Beans, Tick, f)ld ..34s _ 4 Grinding .... 20a 28s new..- 13 „,,, Malt 6ls 67s H arrow Ti c ks ..34s 0 .... u; Chevalier . 64s 68s riew.• ---8 42, Oats 20s 26s Maz agan ..... .. 23s 0. KIRKCALDY GRAIN.—JUNE 11. We had small supplies of all kinds of grain at nuirktt to-day, which sold freely at the prices of last week. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....34s Od I 24s Od 16s 6d Second .. 36510 d 23s Od 178 6d Third ....380 Od —s Od I 198 6d Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all debts and lial-Allties without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marsha/I, solioitors of the Court of Bankruptcy*. Charges under £5 payable by easy instalments. Offices — (established 18.30), 12,llatton-garden. City bra nc h -6. moo r gate-street, Bank.—ADYr. Births. CIItIRCHILL.-0a the 13th inst., at 16, Rutland-gate, the Lady Alfred Spencer Churchill, of a daughter. Coo B.—On the 10th inst., at Swinton, near Rotherhafh the wife of Major E. B. Cooke, of a daughter. KING.—On the 9th inst., at 37, Seymour-street, Euston's square, Mrs. Henry King, of a daughter. SCHIISTER.—On the 12th inst., at 18, Queen's-gate, 'W ed park, the Lady Isabella Schuster, of a daughter. Marriages. UNDER WOOD.—JACKSON.—On the 11th inst., at Trinity Church, MarylebonA, Frederick James, only surviving son of Joseph Underwood, Esq., of 5, Hyde-park. gardens, and Norwich, to Caroline, eldest surviving daughter of William Jackson, Esq., M.P. Ross.—Hunr.—On the 11th inst., at St. Marylebonti Church, Colonel Thomas Ross, 2d battalion 24th Regt.l to Fanny Gertrude, second daughter of Charles Fredk. Huth, Esq. Deaths. CARTIVRIGHT.—On the 11th inst., at Tunbridge, SamIVI Cartwright, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., aged 76. OUNYNGHAME,—On. the 10th inst., at Spa, Belgium' Annie, wife of Sir David Cunynghame, of Milncraigt Bart., aged 49. DENNING.--On the 10th inst., at Dulwich, Stephen Po9 l3t° Denning, Esq., aged 72. LIITCR.—At St. Gregory's, Ramegate, the Rev. Alfred Luck, O. 5.8., aged 57. SILITH.—On the Bth inst., at 23. Abbey.•road, St. John'e wood, Edward Smith, Esq., aged 83. WooDs.—On the 12th inst., at Newcastle-on -Tyne , Win' Woods, Esq., banker, aged 78. WooD.—On the 10th inst.. at Woodlesford, near L6edils Capt. W. J. Wood, R,N., aged 64. ----- London : Pribled and rrbßshcd by WILLIA M ANDREWS of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 'DIE Surf Office No. 112, Strand, In the Pre c i nc t of the savoy, n the Counly of Mildleboc—Tuesclay, June 14, 1861.